Channeling hateful fiction to readers is not something that “will ultimately serve you,” to quote Google’s corporate philosophy. It says it’s determined to fix this, telling Search Engine Land that “Google was built on providing people with high-quality and authoritative results for their search queries” and that it “recently made improvements to our algorithm that will help surface more high quality, credible content on the web.”

Don’t give up on broadband

Google’s venture into deploying new gigabit fiber-optic broadband connections has been one of the more exciting stories in broadband. The news this October that it would stop plans to expand Google Fiber to new cities disheartened many people yearning for an alternative to an effective monopoly by their local cable companies.

Make Android Wear wrist-worthy

The non-iOS smartwatch may have been 2016’s biggest tech bust. These wearable devices haven’t grown much thinner or offered much longer battery life, and slumping sales have led many high-profile Android Wear vendors to flee the market.

Fortunately, the Verge reported last week that Google plans to ship its own smartwatch next year. And if that doesn’t deliver battery life measured in days and a thickness not measured in large fractions of an inch, there’s always 2018.